disinterested

Example Sentences

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For a team with everything to play for, the Kings looked distracted and disinterested.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

It relied on Dreyer’s ostensibly disinterested advice, which was backed by powerful superior officers with whom he had ingratiated himself, even though a majority of expert gunnery officers unequivocally opposed it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Shi also defended owners Fosun which has been accused of being disinterested by Wolves supporters.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Impressed by the peptide on the ingredient list, she asked the team about what it promised to do—but they seemed disinterested in discussing it, she recalls.

From Slate • May 4, 2025

So Theseus became King of Athens, a most wise and disinterested king.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton